Gulf starts at Sheikh Adi-2 25/05/2012
Iraq-focused oil explorer Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) has begun drilling at the Sheikh Adi-2 well in the Sheikh Adi block.
Falkland Islands Holdings (FIH) is to pay an interim 4p dividend as it awaits the start of offshore oil drilling.
The AIM-quoted company, which owns service and infrastructure businesses in the South Atlantic colony as well as a significant stake in Falklands Oil and Gas (FOGL) and UK concerns, says its new West Store in the Falklands has traded ‘very well’ since opening in November. FIH, steered by chairman David Hudd and managing director John Foster, says activity in preparation for FOGL’s oil exploration programme should ‘largely offset’ an earlier dampener cause by the failure of the illex squid catch.
The company says cost cutting has improved the performance of its London-based Momart operation, which stores, transports and installs works of art. Another division, Portsmouth Harbour Ferries, continues to perform well, according to FIH.
FOGL’s drilling results will have a big impact, positive or negative, and FOGL’s shares have surged from a 63.5p 12-month low to 165p, only 13p off their 2007 peak. Latest public sabre-rattling from Buenos Aires about foreign companies drilling in waters where Argentina still claims sovereignty meet a phlegmatic response from FIH, which argues this is nothing new.
FIH shares have been volatile, trading between 195p and 467.5p over the past year. Now 430p, they value the company at £39 million, which looks undemanding.
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